Justices were skeptical Monday that the case was an exception to other lawsuits against defense contractors, which usually get immunity in such litigation.

At a hearing Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a former soldier claiming that a contractor's negligence ...

The Supreme Court is considering the legality of a suit filed by a U.S. soldier who was injured in an explosion at an air ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 837 into law this morning with the effective date of upon its signing. Known as the “tort reform” bill, the new law makes numerous changes to tort law ...

Texas Supreme Court Justice Rebeca A. Huddle questions the petitioner in Noe M.D. v. Velasco. Credit: SCOTx video archives. The Texas Supreme Court rejected damages claims of a woman who gave birth ...

the Baton Rouge Black Lives Matter case (in which Judge Don Willett has just switched to dissenting, and in which a cert. petition has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court). In an earlier post, I ...

Trucks queuing at a container terminal gate. (photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles) SAINT PAUL, Minn. (CN) — Minnesota joined the slight majority of states that recognize tort claims for ...

Under Florida law, negligence is the failure to use reasonable care. Negligence is the failure to use the care that a reasonable person would use under the same or similar circumstances or the doing ...

To be liable for something, under the law, means to be responsible in some way for an outcome that results in a violation of the law (criminal liability) or in an injury to others (civil liability).

One year back, on 19 February 2024, the death of Raahib Reza due to a sudden cardiac arrest, at the capital's Labaid Hospital, Dhanmondi, shocked the country. It was alleged that the cardiac arrest ...